Effects of Working Environment on Employee Performance: In the Case of Bole Lemi Industrial Park, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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https://doi.org/10.54097/fbem.v8i2.7125Keywords:
Bole lemi industrial park, Employee performance, Working environment.Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the working environment on employee performance in Bole lemi Industrial Park found around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A quantitative research approach with an explanatory research design was adopted in carrying out this research. Cross-sectional data were collected to address the study’s research objectives using a questionnaire from 315 employees using a random probability sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression analysis through the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 25. The study used seven major working environment factors including physical environment, reward, democratic leadership style, work-life balance, training, workload, and discrimination as predictor variables and employee performance as the dependent variables. The finding of the research highlights that physical work environment, reward, and training have a positive and statistically significant impact on employee performance while workload and discrimination have a negative and statistically significant impact on employee performance. On the other hand, democratic leadership style and work-life balance have shown statistically insignificant impacts on employee performance. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations made for the management of the industrial park are: physical work environment in terms of lighting, noise level, temperature, and ventilation should be made sure that they stay at an acceptable level, discrimination has to be minimized at the workplace by encouraging employee irrespective of gender, age, ethnic group or religious belief to participate in decision making as this will help to reduce discrimination in the workplace.
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